Tomorrow is a new day, an exhibition on a yacht, Monaco, 28 April – 1 May 2016

Walanka at Port Hercule

Walanka at Port Hercule

Walanka

Walanka

Upper deck with works by Rob Pruitt and Pentti Monkkonen

Upper deck with works by Rob Pruitt and Pentti Monkkonen

Upper deck with works by Rob Pruitt and Pentti Monkkonen

Upper deck with works by Rob Pruitt and Pentti Monkkonen

Darren Bader, DB_M9, 2015 Mirror, wood, 100 x 80 cm Courtesy of Galleria Franco Noero SRL, Turin

Darren Bader, DB_M9, 2015
Mirror, wood, 100 x 80 cm
Courtesy of Galleria Franco Noero SRL, Turin

Exercise bike

Exercise bike

Pentti Monkkonen, Box Truck Painting (Cunty), 2015 Inkjet print on powder coated aluminum, 80 x 140 x 5 cm Courtesy of High Art, Paris

Pentti Monkkonen, Box Truck Painting (Cunty), 2015
Inkjet print on powder coated aluminum, 80 x 140 x 5 cm
Courtesy of High Art, Paris

Pentti Monkkonen, Box Truck Painting (Title forthcoming), 2016 Inkjet print on powder coated aluminum, 80 x 140 x 5 cm Courtesy of High Art, Paris

Pentti Monkkonen, Box Truck Painting (Title forthcoming), 2016
Inkjet print on powder coated aluminum, 80 x 140 x 5 cm
Courtesy of High Art, Paris

Rob Pruitt, Candy Dish (Grey Scale), 2012 Acrylic and shellac on tire, candies, 83,8 x Ø 58,5 cm  Courtesy of Massimo De Carlo, Milan

Rob Pruitt, Candy Dish (Grey Scale), 2012
Acrylic and shellac on tire, candies, 83,8 x Ø 58,5 cm 
Courtesy of Massimo De Carlo, Milan

Inside the captain's cabin: Jonathan Monk, Wool Piece, 2013 100% wool, 80 x 60 cm Courtesy of the artist

Inside the captain's cabin:
Jonathan Monk, Wool Piece, 2013
100% wool, 80 x 60 cm
Courtesy of the artist

Captain's cabin

Captain's cabin

The captain with a temporary tattoo by Rob Pruitt Love, 2016, edition of 2000, invited by artgèneve

The captain with a temporary tattoo by Rob Pruitt
Love, 2016, edition of 2000, invited by artgèneve

Captain's cabin

Captain's cabin

Front deck

Front deck

Main deck: Guan Xiao, One to Another, 2014 Stainless steel cylinder, colored aluminium, fire-colored stainless steel board, 150 x 50 x 120 cm  Courtesy of Sammlung Oehmen

Main deck:
Guan Xiao, One to Another, 2014
Stainless steel cylinder, colored aluminium, fire-colored stainless steel board, 150 x 50 x 120 cm 
Courtesy of Sammlung Oehmen

Salon with works by Heji Shin

Salon with works by Heji Shin

Heji Shin, Rita Vitorelli/Harm van den Dorpel and Lou Cantor

Heji Shin, Rita Vitorelli/Harm van den Dorpel and Lou Cantor

Lou Cantor, Damage Control, 2016 Crash test barrier on felt on plexiglas condensation cube, 97 x 52 x 150 cm Courtesy of the artist

Lou Cantor, Damage Control, 2016
Crash test barrier on felt on plexiglas condensation cube, 97 x 52 x 150 cm
Courtesy of the artist

Heji Shin, Depression, 2012  C-print, 52.07 x 61.60 cm Courtesy of Real Fine Arts, New York

Heji Shin, Depression, 2012 
C-print, 52.07 x 61.60 cm
Courtesy of Real Fine Arts, New York

Master bedroom:  Jonathan Monk, The Follower, 2008 Sheep, life belt, 107 x 140 x 62 cm Courtesy of Meyer Riegger, Berlin

Master bedroom: 

Jonathan Monk, The Follower, 2008
Sheep, life belt, 107 x 140 x 62 cm
Courtesy of Meyer Riegger, Berlin

Upper deck in the evening

Upper deck in the evening

Rob Pruitt, Dog Bowl, 2012 Acrylic and shellac on tire, water, 23 x Ø 39 cm  Courtesy of Massimo De Carlo, Milan

Rob Pruitt, Dog Bowl, 2012
Acrylic and shellac on tire, water, 23 x Ø 39 cm 
Courtesy of Massimo De Carlo, Milan

Walanka at Port Hercule

Walanka

Upper deck with works by Rob Pruitt and Pentti Monkkonen

Upper deck with works by Rob Pruitt and Pentti Monkkonen

Darren Bader, DB_M9, 2015
Mirror, wood, 100 x 80 cm
Courtesy of Galleria Franco Noero SRL, Turin

Exercise bike

Pentti Monkkonen, Box Truck Painting (Cunty), 2015
Inkjet print on powder coated aluminum, 80 x 140 x 5 cm
Courtesy of High Art, Paris

Pentti Monkkonen, Box Truck Painting (Title forthcoming), 2016
Inkjet print on powder coated aluminum, 80 x 140 x 5 cm
Courtesy of High Art, Paris

Rob Pruitt, Candy Dish (Grey Scale), 2012
Acrylic and shellac on tire, candies, 83,8 x Ø 58,5 cm 
Courtesy of Massimo De Carlo, Milan

Inside the captain's cabin:
Jonathan Monk, Wool Piece, 2013
100% wool, 80 x 60 cm
Courtesy of the artist

Captain's cabin

The captain with a temporary tattoo by Rob Pruitt
Love, 2016, edition of 2000, invited by artgèneve

Captain's cabin

Front deck

Main deck:
Guan Xiao, One to Another, 2014
Stainless steel cylinder, colored aluminium, fire-colored stainless steel board, 150 x 50 x 120 cm 
Courtesy of Sammlung Oehmen

Salon with works by Heji Shin

Heji Shin, Rita Vitorelli/Harm van den Dorpel and Lou Cantor

Lou Cantor, Damage Control, 2016
Crash test barrier on felt on plexiglas condensation cube, 97 x 52 x 150 cm
Courtesy of the artist

Heji Shin, Depression, 2012 
C-print, 52.07 x 61.60 cm
Courtesy of Real Fine Arts, New York

Master bedroom: 

Jonathan Monk, The Follower, 2008
Sheep, life belt, 107 x 140 x 62 cm
Courtesy of Meyer Riegger, Berlin

Upper deck in the evening

Rob Pruitt, Dog Bowl, 2012
Acrylic and shellac on tire, water, 23 x Ø 39 cm 
Courtesy of Massimo De Carlo, Milan

"Tomorrow is a new day" was a 4 day-exhibition on a yacht in the port of Monaco. The ship is named "Walanka" and she was built in the 60s, a decade of social and cultural change, economic growth and an unshakable faith in the future, on which we often look back through rose-tinted glasses. What happened to the spirit of optimism and these visions of a better world? The title of the show plays with the notion that we could start each day from scratch, forget all the shortcomings, failures and wrongdoings and instead grasp the chance of a new day. Over four days, the yacht will become a metaphor for change and thinking freely – a floating exhibition where everything will be in motion: thought, the waves, the music, the wind …

With Darren Bader, Lou Cantor, Jonathan Monk, Pentti Monkkonen, Rob Pruitt, Heji Shin, Rita Vitorelli/Harm van den Dorpel, Guan Xiao

Curated by Stefan Tasch

Duration 28 April – May 1
Yacht Walanka, Quai Antoine Ier, Riva Pontoons, 98000 Monaco

The project was initiated by artmontecarlo.ch

Darren Bader
Lou Cantor
Harm van den Dorpel
Jonathan Monk
Pentti Monkkonen
Rob Pruitt
Heji Shin
Stefan Tasch
Rita Vitorelli
Guan Xiao
Artmonte-Carlo

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